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Identical coursesIs included in these courses of study
- Study Abroad Programme in European Culture and Society (PECS) (Leuven)
- Master of Advanced Studies in European Policies and Public Administration (Leuven et al) 60 ects.
- Master of Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies (Leuven) 60 ects.
- Bachelor in de taal- en regiostudies: Japanse studies (Leuven) (Cultuur-historische minor) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of Philosophy (Programme for students started before 2020-2021) (Leuven) 180 ects.
- Master of Bioethics (Leuven) 60 ects.
- Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (Leuven) (Specialisation: Children) 120 ects.
- Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (Leuven) (Specialisation: Internal Disorders) 120 ects.
- Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (Leuven) (Specialisation: Mental Health Care) 120 ects.
- Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (Leuven) (Specialisation: Musculoskeletal Disorders: Option Manual Therapy) 120 ects.
- Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (Leuven) (Specialisation: Neurological Disorders) 120 ects.
- Master in de taal- en regiostudies: arabistiek en islamkunde (Leuven) (Afstudeerrichting Midden-Oostenstudies) 120 ects.
- Master in de taal- en regiostudies: arabistiek en islamkunde (Leuven) (Afstudeerrichting arabistiek en islamkunde) 120 ects.
- Bachelor of Philosophy (Programme for students started in 2020-2021 or later) (Leuven) (Minor Liberal Arts with Language Track French) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of Philosophy (Programme for students started in 2020-2021 or later) (Leuven) (Minor Liberal Arts with Language Track German) 180 ects.
Activities
4 ects. Human Rights (B-KUL-C00J5a)
Content
I. General issues
1. Concept of human rights: notion, categories, rights and duties, vertical and horizontal effects, …
2. Human rights in international relations and in international law
3. Universal and regional systems of protection of human rights
. United Nations : treaty mechanisms and charter mechanisms
. Europe (Council of Europe: in particular European Court of Human Rights; European Union; Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe)
. Other (Organisation of American States; African Union)
4. International human rights law in the domestic legal order
5. Obligations of States with respect to human rights
(Scope of responsibility of States; negative and positive obligations)
II. Selected topics
. Civil and political rights
. Economic, social and cultural rights
. Equality and non-discrimination; protection of vulnerable groups
Course material
- W. Kälin, J. Künzli, The Law of International Human Rights Protection, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009 (ISBN: 978-0-19-956520-7).
- T. Buergenthal, D Shelton and D. Steward, International Human Rights in a Nutshell, St Paul, West Publishers,
2009.
- Additional literature available on Toledo.
Format: more information
General presentation by lecturer. Interactive discussion of certain cases.
Evaluation
Evaluation: Human Rights (B-KUL-C20J5a)
Explanation
Students will receive one question of a rather theoretical nature (explanation of a concept, evaluation of a development, ...) as well as one question of a rather practical nature(hypothetical case).